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Yes, you should file a return. You probably will not owe any income tax, but you will be subject to self-employment tax of 15.3%.
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If you need to pay taxes it is because you owe the tax. If you owe a tax it is because you were either made liable for that tax or you have accepted the liability on behalf of the person who was made liable for the tax. How much you've earned is irrelevant until you have been made liable for an income tax. What makes you liable? Are you involved in some sort of taxed activity that has clearly been named by the Internal Revenue Code as a taxed activity or is it your income being taxed directly that is the subject of this tax? The first question that should be asked in regards to any tax is what is the subject of the tax? What exactly is being taxed? If the subject of the tax is income then it is a direct tax upon your property. There are numerous lower court decisions that will quibble with my assertion and there are some real scary judges out there who are convinced that your income is not your property and that your labor is not owned by you. Any one who has even a basic understanding of the law knows this is quite simply not true. Your income is your property and you most certainly do own your own labor.
If the subject of the "Personal Income Tax" is income then it is a direct tax governed by the rule of apportionment. Since the "Personal Income Tax" is an unapportioned income tax then it should be assumed that the tax is not a direct tax on property but instead is an indirect tax on some sort of taxed activity. The lower courts, once again will quibble with this assertion, some have even reinterpreted Supreme Court rulings, (Since they can't overturn a Supreme Court ruling.), in order to quibble over my assertion. I highly recommend you look at these Supreme Court rulings which have remained remarkably consistent since the 16th Amendment was first passed. However, reading case law is arduous and requires a certain knowledge of legal language. It is not necessary to study case law in order to understand the meaning and intent of the 16th Amendment. It certainly helps to know the history that led up to the enactment of the 16th Amendment but even with out historical context any person of average intelligence who understands the Constitution of the United States can discern the true meaning of this Amendment.
I say true meaning because today most people who think they know something about the 16th Amendment, including a multitude of those lower court judges I mentioned, believe that the 16th Amendment relieved Congress of the rule of apportionment in regards to income taxation. This is not true and you can read the Amendment for yourself to first know the error of this assertion. The 16th Amendment states:
Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes on income, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census of enumeration.
Many of those scary judges in the lower courts I keep to referring to will actually paraphrase the 16th Amendment in order to support their own assertions that this Amendment relieved Congress of the rule of apportionment and will mention how the 16th Amendment made this possible by authorizing an income tax "without regard to apportionment." Of course if you're still reading now then it's safe to assume you read the 16th Amendment and I don't need to tell you that this Amendment did not say anything about a disregard for apportionment. If this were the case the 16th Amendment would have been most certainly struck down as Unconstitutional since no Amendment can be created to erase or change any part of the original constitution. Congress can add to it as long as those additions or Amendments are harmonious with the Constitution itself.
What the sixteenth Amendment does say is that an unapportioned income tax should be viewed without regard to census of enumeration. Census of enumeration is how Congress would levy a capitation if they could ever figure out how to successfully pass such a tax. No capitation tax has ever successfully passed legislation in the United States. If a capitation tax were to be passed it, like a tax on property, would be subject to the rule of apportionment. Are you beginning to understand? What the 16th Amendment is telling everybody is that if Congress passes an unapportioned income tax it should not be viewed as a direct tax but rather as an indirect tax where all income taxes inherently belong. Don't believe me? Then go find the necessary case law in Supreme Court rulings that make the same assertion. But do you really need to read case law in order to know that Congress can't change the Constitution by Amendment? Do you really need to spend countless hours wading through the 37,000,000,000 words of the Internal Revenue Code and Supreme Court rulings to know that 16th Amendment never named any subject of any tax?
Congress did not gain any new power of taxation, nor was any new burden placed upon the people by the 16th Amendment. Congress has always had the power to lay and collect taxes from whatever source derived and do this as an unapportioned tax. These taxes are known as taxed activities in the case of such an income tax, income is not the subject of the tax as the taxed activity is the subject of the tax and income is merely what is used to decide how much is owed. If you are self employed and all you earned in a year was about 3000 dollars and since income is not the subject of the tax, then the big question becomes what did you do to earn that 3000 dollars? Is that activity specifically named by the Code? If the answer to that question is no, then the answer to your question is no.

9.3 Estimated Tax: Individuals How do I know if I have to file quarterly individual estimated tax payments? Estimated tax payments can be used to pay Federal income tax, self-…employment tax, and household employment tax. To estimate if you need to pay tax on income not subject to withholding or on other income from which not enough tax is withheld, you need to calculate if the total tax you'll owe on your annual income tax return will be covered by the amount of tax you have already had either: withheld from wages and other payments, orpaid in earlier estimated payments for the year, orcredited to your account from adjustments or overpayments to previously filed returns. Generally, you should make estimated tax payments if you will owe tax more, than an amount specific by law, after withholding and credits, and the total amount of tax withheld and your credits will be less than the smaller of:90% of the tax to be shown on your current tax return, or100% of the tax shown on your prior year's tax return, if your prior year's tax return covered all 12 months of the year. However, if your prior year's adjusted gross income exceeded a certain amount based on your filing status, then you must pay 110% instead of 100% of last year's tax. (Note: the percentages change depending on the tax year. Refer to Chapter 2 of Publication 505, Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax.) Estimated tax requirements are different for farmers and fishermen. Publication 505, Chapter 2, 3, & 4, Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax, provides more information about these special estimated tax rules and about estimated tax in general. Get Form 1040-ES (PDF), Estimated Tax for Individuals, to help you figure your estimated tax liability. References:Publication 505, Tax Withholding and Estimated TaxForm 1040-ES (PDF), Estimated Tax for Individuals Do self-employment taxes need to be paid quarterly or yearly? Self-employment tax is paid by making quarterly estimated tax payments which include both income tax and social security tax. When are the quarterly estimated tax returns due? Your first estimated tax payment is usually due the 15th of April. You may pay the entire year's estimated tax at that time, or you may pay your estimated tax in four payments. The four payments are due April 15th, June 15th, September 15, and January 15th of the following year. If the due date for making an estimated tax payment falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the payment will be on time if you make it on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. How do I report the estimated payments I have made when I file my taxes at the end of the year? Take credit for all your estimated tax payments in the "Payments" section of Form 1040 (PDF), U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, or Form 1040A (PDF) , U.S. Individual Income Tax Return.

Answer Generally, yes. If you filed a joint return, then yours was inaccurate too. If you benefitted, that is if you enjoyed any of the money that should have… been paid as tax, having it pay for your upkeep, housing, kids, etc., then you have very little grounds for relief. If you didn't know he wasn't paying the tax, AND you didn't benefit (as in it all went to support his mistress), then you may have some relief under the "innocent spouse" rules. But, you are really going to have to show that you didn't know, didn't have any way to know, and didn't benefit. Answer Seizing a primary residence is extremely rare. In fact, the Internal Revenue Code says that the IRS cannot seize a primary residence unless a judge signs off on it. If the IRS is really seizing your house, you need to contact a Tax Attorney immediately. Surely there is a way to avoid this. If they have gone this far, its because you have ignored the problem for too long. A better arrangement can surely be worked out. Check my bio (TaxManEA) if you'd like my help.

The Publication 505, see link, provides a step by step and explanation, as well as sample worksheets, to calculate your estimated payments. Yes, it may seem a bit daunting the… first time...but after that it normally takes only a few minutes a few times a year as you'll have the basics of the consideration: http://www.irs.gov/publications/p505/index.html How much tax you pay or have taken out depends on many, many things...not the least of which is what you consider tax. Many people group all their withholdings/reductions as a type of tax, but many may not be. Workers Comp, Unemployment, even FICA are all really more an insurance payment than a withholding against an income tax. And many must be paid either way, if your an employee or if your the proprietor. The amount of tax you get back (or additional owed) depends on how much you paid in by estimated payments (if you didn't have payroll withholding, which is in itself, just a way to make estimated payments on what you may ultimately pay). And you must make estimated payments through the year (basically quarterly, the last one for 2007 is due today, 1/15/08) if your above some very low income limits, or you will pay substantial penalties and interest. The amount of tax withheld or eventually paid also depends on other things...obviously which state (or even city) your in, the amount of income your projected on earning over the year, (which helps determine your tax bracket and the percent that may be needed), as well as your filing status, number of dependents and other deductions (like interest paid on a home, charity, medical expenses, etc). For withholding, all these things can be adjusted for your circumstances by properly and completely filling out (or changing) the Form W-4 all employers ask you to, and then properly reporting them on your 1040. Finally, there are a number of different legal ways for the payroll provider to calculate certain aspects of the amount to withhold...but overall they make only a small difference. Remember, anything withheld is just being done as an estimated installment payment toward whatever tax, if any, you do ultimately owe. If too much is withheld, it is refunded. (Too little, and you could pay a penalty). Again, adjusting your W-4 is the way to correct for any of these circumstances. Obviously, with all the variables, everyone, even two similarpeople working in identicle jobs, will pay different taxes...and that is why each person needs to figure their return and file it. Which can be done for free at www.irs.gove and following the links.

Yes. The "self-employment tax" is actually the Social Security and Medicare tax. If you work for someone else, you would have Social Security and Medicare tax taken out of… your paycheck and your employer would match the amounts that were taken out. When you are self-employed, instead of having these amounts taken out of your paycheck, you pay both the employee and the employer share directly to the government.

In 2009, you will pay the regular state and federal tax rates on all of your income, including your self-employment income. In addition, you will pay a Social Security tax o…f 12.4% on the first $106,800 of your net self-employment earnings (reduced by other earnings subject to SS) and a Medicare tax of 2.9% of your net self-employment earnings with no limit. You should also investigate whether you need to make quarterly estimated tax payments to avoid possible penalties for underpayment.

You are the only one that has all of the necessary information that will have to be used and reported on your income tax return for the year in order to do the calculation for… the numbers that you are looking for. When you complete your income tax return correctly then you will have the numbers that you want available to you. If you would like to do some estimated tax calculations you would need to go to the Internal Revenue web site and use the search box for 1040ES go to page 6 for the 2009 Tax Rate Schedules and page 5 for the worksheet. You are welcome to try any of the calculators for some estimates to get an idea of what things may look like after using the correct IRS forms and compare the numbers. Use your search engine and type ESTIMATED TAX CALCULATORS and you will be able to find several of them that you can use for this purpose. Click on the below Related Link

You can file as a schedule C and there may be benefits to you for filing the losses and business deductions. But after about 3 years of loss, the IRS would like you to file th…e company as a "hobby" and not a schedule C business. But they understand, especially during this time, that there will be losses that can be temporary. I'm not sure that you "need" to file, but it might benefit you to file anyways. I'm just a regular person who is answering just from personal knowledge. Hopefully some real tax person will jump in and help answer this better for you but just thought i should share what i know since there were no other answers. good luck!

WHAT or Why do you have to pay taxes. Because your are required to report all of your worldwide income on your 1040 income tax return. You will need to report that income, and… any related expenses, on Form 1040, Schedule C, Profit or Loss from the Business operation, or you may qualify to use Form 1040, Schedule C-EZ, TO determine your Net Profit from the Business operation. You will also need to use the Form 1040, Schedule SE, Self Employment Tax form to compute and report your social security and Medicare tax on the net profit from the business operation. For instructions and forms go to the IRS gov web site and use the search box for publication 334 Tax Guide for Small Business a very good place to start with examples Publication 463 Travel, Entertainment, Gift, and Car Expenses Use the search box at the IRS gov web site for Small Business and Self-Employed Tax Center Filing Season Central is your one stop assistance center for filing your business returns. This includes Highlights of Tax Law Changes, Tax Tips, and more.

For tax year 2009 tax return that you will file in the year of 2010. Generally a person who is self-employed must file a tax return if their net earnings from self employmen…t for the year exceed $400, and pay social security and Medicare taxes and any income taxes that may be due. If a dependent on someone else tax return and unearned income (pension, rent, interest, dividends, capital gains, etc.) over 950 must file a tax return. For 2009 filing single and under 65 the gross income amount is at least 9350 must file a tax return. Excluding social security benefits. For more detailed information on filing requirements go to www.irs.gov and use the search box for 1040 choose 1040 instruction and go to page 7 through 9. http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040.pdf And of course you do not want to forget the state as they could have different filing requirements and possibly some benefits you could be entitled to if you were to file a tax return with them

As a self employed taxpayer you will have to complete your income tax return correctly reporting your gross business income on the schedule C or if you qualify to use it the C…-EZ reporting all of your ordinary and necessary expense of your business in order to determine your net profit from the business. You will need to report that income, and any related expenses, on Form 1040, Schedule C, Profit or Loss from the Business operation, or you may qualify to use Form 1040, Schedule C-EZ, TO determine your Net Profit from the Business operation. You will also need to use the Form 1040, Schedule SE, Self Employment Tax form to compute and report your social security and Medicare tax on the net profit from the business operation. For instructions and forms go to the IRS gov web site and use the search box for publication 334 a very good place to start with examples Publication 463 Travel, Entertainment, Gift, and Car Expenses Use the search box at the IRS gov web site for Small Business and Self-Employed Tax Center Filing Season Central is your one stop assistance center for filing your business returns. This includes Highlights of Tax Law Changes, Tax Tips, and more. The correct mailing address for your correctly completed 1040 income tax return will be on the last page of the instruction book. Click on the below related links for more information.

First your paycheck with your net take home pay (net pay after all deductions) that you have in your hand will not have anything withheld from it because it is issued to you a…fter all of the necessary taxes and other amounts that the employer is required to withhold from your gross wages, salary, earnings, etc. When you have a employer you would NOT be a self employed taxpayer with that employer and the employer payroll department would be required to withhold all of the necessary taxes, and items that they have to withhold from your gross wages, salary, etc.

You will need to report that income, and any related expenses, on Form 1040, Schedule C, Profit or Loss from Business, or you may qualify to use Form 1040, Schedule C-EZ, TO d…etermine your Net Profit from Business. You will also need to use Form 1040, Schedule SE, Self-Employment Tax to compute and report your social security and Medicare tax. For instructions and forms go to the IRS.gov website and use the search box for publication 334 a very good place to start with examples. Publication 463 Travel, Entertainment, Gift, and Car Expenses Use the search box at the IRS.gov website for Small Business and Self-Employed Tax Center Filing Season Central is your one stop assistance center for filing your business returns. This includes Highlights of Tax Law Changes, Tax Tips, and more. 2 of the seven tax tips for starting a business enclosed below. #4 Good records will help you ensure successful operation of your new business. You may choose any record keeping system suited to your business that clearly shows your income and expenses. Except in a few cases, the law does not require any special kind of records. However, the business you are in affects the type of records you need to keep for federal tax purposes. #7 Visit the Business section of the IRS gov website for resources to assist entrepreneurs with starting and operating a new business. Go to the IRS gov website and use the search box for the below referenced material *Starting A Business *Operating A Business *Closing A Business *Publication 4591, Small Business Federal Tax Responsibilities (PDF 470.1K)

Yes you can file but not for next years benefits because the irs doesnt know if you are still going to be imployed ans First self employed, not employed, etc makes no differ…ence. Many people don't work at all but have to file and pay a lot on tax. Tax (and if you need to even file) is a matter of TAXABLE INCOME, not how it was made. Interest paid on a bank account, money made selling a house (or a piece of art, etc), generally money just "given" to you are all taxable income. The major difference in self employed income and that from an actual employer is that one you report yourself (and/or is shown on a 1099 form) - and as a self employed you pay ALL the FICA Tax - and you had to make estimated quarterly payments during the year - or face penalty for not doing so when you file. An employee has a W-2 record (along with 1099s from other sources) and the employer pays half the FICA tax, and has withheld and paid to the IRS an estimate (as directed by the employee filing a W-4 form) payment out of every payroll. Additionally, You MUST file each year separately. A filing is for ONE accounting period, virtually always the calendar year. Laws, rates, forms and many things (even what is taxable or not) change each year. MORE THAN THAT - IT WOULD BE A DUMB THING TO COMBINE YOUR INCOME INTO ONE FILING....YOU WOULD PAY MUCH MORE TAX AND LOSE LOTS OF BENEFITS! (Higher tax bracket). Not filing when you should is criminal. Contrary to many peoples thinking, it does not drop off in any number of years. The laws are written so you may be audited or assessed for only a certain number of years back...COUNTED FROM WHEN YOU FILED A RETURN. Don't file and your always open to problems. That and many other things - including common sense being that the IRS doesn't say you don't have to file because it is good for you (if you don't have to and do file, there is no liability anyway, only good things can happen to you...like being paid the incentive a few years back)...they do it because it is good for them.